How to say “bank card” in Chinese
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“Bank card” in Chinese is 银行卡, yín háng kǎ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
银行卡 is read yín háng kǎ: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 钅 “metal”. 银行 is a “silver office”, that is, a bank.
Two readings: xíng in 自行车, and háng, “row, office”, in 银行.
上 “top” and 下 “bottom” merged into one sign. In the sense “card” it imitates the English word card.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “银行卡”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 银行卡. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 请把银行卡插进去。qǐngbǎyínhángkǎchājìnquPlease insert your bank card.
- 我想查询银行卡的余额wǒxiǎngcháxúnyínhángkǎdeyú’éI'd like to check the balance on my bank card.
More words from the lesson “Card OK?”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “bank card” in Chinese?
“Bank card” in Chinese is 银行卡, pinyin yínhángkǎ.
What does 银行卡 mean?
银行卡 (yínhángkǎ) means “bank card”.
How do you write 银行卡?
银行卡 is 3 characters: 银 (yín) — silver; 行 (xíng) — go; be OK; 卡 (kǎ) — card. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 银行卡?
银行卡 is read yínhángkǎ. Tones: yín — second tone, háng — second tone, kǎ — third tone. The page has an audio recording.
“bank card” in the lesson “Card OK?”
This word is from the topic “Shopping and things” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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